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Barasingha facts:

 (Swamp deer) Originates from Asia.

Description - Large, yellowish-brown deer often with hair tuft hanging from large ears.  Traces of spots may persist into adulthood (spots clear on coats of fawns). Males grow C-shaped antlers with many points.  Characteristic extra branching of mid tine, although not seen in all males.  Each branch may divide again.  Antlers for well-developed males average 30 to 35 in. long with 10 to 14 points, exceptionally 40 to 42 1/2 in long.  Clean velvet late August or September.  Drop antlers in February.  Male weight 370 to 400 lbs (up to 570 lbs), and males maintain weight during rut; female 300 lbs and up.

Food habits - Live on grass.  Relish grasses when green but eat many stout, course varieties and include much dry grass.  Browse some in Texas (especially from oak).

Habitat - Prefer a sedentary life in meadows with tall grass and water easitly available.  Exotics feed in grassy openings and shelter in oak motts.

Water and climate - Drink at least twice daily during hot season and irregularly the rest of the year.  Wallow extensively during rut.

Temperament and compatibility - Docile.  Serious fights uncommon.  Not given to running in panic.  Very gregarious but few social bonds.  Gernerally compatible with common exotics.

Breeding season - September to December or January

Birth season - May to August

Gestation and young per birth - 8 months; 1 young

Sexual maturity - Male 18 months; female 18 months

Fencing - 6 to 8 ft. usually adequate